Jerzy Grotowski

 Jerzy Grotowski was born in 1933 in Rzeszow, in Poland. He grew up in Poland and graduated from the State higher School of Theatre in Krakow in 1955. He then studied directing in Moscow. He started directing in the Thirteen Row Theatre in Opole in 1959. He started to create performances, which were quite different.
Jerzy Grotowski experimented with different practices and techniques. He tried a technique in his performances of engaging the audience. The audience was the crowd, the mass of people at a ward. He also worked a lot with the actors on developing in their body and voice to be true to himself.
Grotowski also liked to focus on the actor in his performances. He believed that lighting, costume, sets and other components of theatre were not needed. To but is crudely, he like “simple” theatre. He thought that theatre was not cinema, and that it should not try to be.
Towards the end of his work with theatre, Grotowski began to investigate different and new ways to convey a message to the audience. He did not really succeed though.
"Jerzy Grotowski and Expressionist Theatre." BBC - H2g2. BBC, 7 Feb. 2006. Web. 04 Nov. 2010. <http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/A7614902>.
Jerzy Grotowski worked on investigating the relationship between the actor and the audience, which is what his book “Poor Theatre” is all about. In his book he claims that everything, make-up, sets, costumes, sound effects, lighting, were not needed. He was also against having clearly marked area where the acting happened.
"Jerzy Grotowski." Columbia Encyclopedia 6th Edition. Columbia Encyclopedia, 2008. Web. 4 Nov. 2010. <http://www.encyclopedia.com/topic/Jerzy_Grotowski.aspx>.